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Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 136

1st Annual Management, Business and Economic Conference (AMBEC 2019)

The Factors Influencing Accounting Students’


Interest to Become Islamic Banks’ Customers
(A Case Study on Accounting Students at State Polytechnic of Malang)

Fajar Islamiyah Rahmawati*, Nur Indah Riwajanti, Nurafni Eltivia


Accounting Department
State Polytechnic of Malang
Malang, Indonesia
*islamiaafajar@gmail.com, nurindah12@gmail.com

Abstract—This research aims to analyze factors that influence According to the Financial Services Authority (OJK) in
accounting students’ interest to become Islamic Banks’ 2018 the Islamic capital market mostly contributed to the assets
customers (A case study: Accounting Students of State of the Islamic finance industry in Indonesia. The assets of the
Polytechnic of Malang). The factors are knowledge, religiosity, Islamic financial industry reached Rp1,204.48 trillion as of the
product, reputation, and service. This research uses primary data end of June 2018. But the growth of Islamic banks market
by distributing questionnaires to accounting students in State shares in 2018 by 8.47% was small compared to the percentage
Polytechnic of Malang, and then the samples of 416 respondents of the Muslim population in Indonesia which was amounted to
are analyzed based on Multiple Linear Regression. The result 87.2% of the total population. Nevertheless, in the future there
shows that knowledge does not significantly and negatively affect
will be plenty of rooms for the Islamic industry to develop
the students’ interest while religiosity, product, reputation, and
service significantly and positively affect the students’ interest to
Islamic banking in Indonesia.
become Islamic Banks’ customer. Therefore, to improve the Depending on the conditions above, this research aims to
accounting students’ interest to become Islamic Banks’ customer, explore and examined what factors influence accounting
the banks should improve their Automated Teller Machine students’ interest at State Polytechnic of Malang to become
(ATM) facilities, maintain and enhance the Islamic principles, Islamic banks’ customer.
and increase their promotion strategy.
According to Law number 10 of 1998 "bank is a business
Keywords: bank, knowledge, religiosity, product, reputation, entity that collects public funds in the form of deposits and
service distributes them to the public in the form of loans and other
forms in order to improve the lives of many people, while
I. INTRODUCTION Commercial Banks are conventional banks and or based on
Islamic business principles which in its activities provide
The number of students in Indonesia in 2017 according to services in payment traffic”.
the Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Research, Technology
and Higher Education is 2,682,506 including new students and Meanwhile, what is meant by Islamic principles according
registered students, where the majority of students are to Law number 10 of 1998 is "agreement rules based on
Muslims. This is an opportunity for Islamic banks to develop Islamic law between banks and other parties for depositing
Islamic banking in Indonesia and among Indonesian youth. funds and or financing business activities, or other activities
declared in accordance with Islamic system, including
Islamic banking is a banking system developed based on financing based on the principle of profit sharing
Islamic or sharia law. The effort to establish this system is (mudharabah), the financing based on the principle of equity
based on the prohibition in Islam to collect or borrow with participation (musharakah), the principle of buying and selling
interest or in Islam called usury. This is reinforced by the goods by obtaining profits (murabahah), or the financing
opinion of Indonesian ulama represented by the fatwa of the capital goods based on the principle of pure rent without choice
Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) Number 1 of 2004 (ijarah) or by the transfer of ownership of goods leased from
concerning interest which essentially prohibits bank interest the bank by another party (ijarah wa iqtina) ".
because there are elements of usury.
The Indonesian Accountants Association mentions the
The history of Islamic banks in Indonesia began with the characteristics of Islamic banks as follows: (1) based on
ratification of Law Number 7 of 1992. In 1998, the government Islamic principles, (2) implementation of Islamic Economic
and the House of Representatives made improvements to Law Principles (3) business activities to obtain compensation for
Number 7 of 1992 into Law Number 10 of 1998, which services, (4) do not use interest as a tool to earn income, (5) the
explicitly explained that there are two systems in banking in main principle is a partnership, justice, transparency and
Indonesia (dual banking system), namely the conventional universal, (6) it does not clearly distinguish the monetary sector
banking system and the Islamic banking system.

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from the real sector so that it can carry out real sector The company's reputation is one of the most important
transactions. elements in the business world. The reputation of the company
is indeed complex, but if managed properly it will be very
According to Harahap, Wiroso and Yusuf, because of the valuable. The symbol of reputation, the name of the company,
different characteristics of Islamic banks and non-Islamic if managed properly, will present the company to be supported
banks accounting, it brings the consequences of reporting that by the community. It will even be very valuable for consumers.
must be issued, so the financial statements of Islamic banks
include financial statements that reflect the activities of Islamic According to Chaffey, service is all activities or basically
banks as investors and their rights and obligations reported, intangible benefits that can be given to other people but do not
financial statements that reflect changes in bound investments cause any ownership [6]. According to Kotler and Keller
managed by Islamic banks for the benefit of other parties based service is any action or performance that can be offered by one
on mudharabah agreements or investment agents reported in party to another, which is basically intangible and do not result
the statements of changes in bound investment funds, and in ownership of something [7]. Based on the opinions above, it
financial reports that reflect the role of Islamic banks as holder can be concluded that service is all activities, actions,
of funds for social activities that managed separately [1]. performance, and benefits that are basically intangible, which
can be given from one party to another, which does not result
When it compared with the financial statements that must in ownership of something.
be made in conventional banks, which is regulated in PSAK
31, conventional bank financial statement consists of Statement According to Tjiptono, there are four main characteristics
of Financial Position, Income Statement, Statement of Changes of service which distinguish it from products, namely: (1)
in Equity, Cash Flow Statement, and Financial Statement intangibility, (2) inseparability, (3) variability, (4) perishability
Notes. [8].
According to Salam, knowledge is what is known or the Interest is a mental device consisting of a mixture of
work of knowing. Knowledge is the result of knowing, aware, feelings, hopes, convictions or other tendencies that lead
convert, understand and smart [2]. According to Reber, in its individuals to a particular choice [9]. Interest is the tendency of
collective meaning, knowledge is a collection of information someone who keeps paying attention and remembers some
possessed by a person or group, or a particular culture [3]. activities. Activities that people are interested in and pay
While in general, according to Reber, knowledge is a mental attention to are constantly accompanied by feelings of pleasure
component that result from all any process, whether born from [10]. While according to Suryabrata, stated that interest is the
innate or achieved through experience [3]. Based on several tendency in individuals to be attracted to an object [11].
definitions above, it can be concluded that knowledge is a
There are several stages of interest, namely clear
collection of information obtained from experience or from
information before choosing, careful consideration before
birth that makes someone know something.
choosing and decision to choose. Thus it can be said that
The process of knowledge is obtained from the process of interest is a strong impetus for someone to do everything in
knowing, aware, converted, understanding and smart. realizing the achievement of goals and ideals that become his
Knowledge influenced by several factors i.e. education, media, desire. According to Crow and Crow in Rouf, argues there are
information and scientific knowledge. Knowledge of Islamic three factors that influence the emergence of interest i.e.
banking can be obtained from others, such as from friends, internal factor, social factor and emotional factor [12].
family, mass media, social media, and etc. Knowledge can also
Abhimantra, Maulina, and Agustyaningsih stated that
be in the form of weaknesses or strengths of products, services,
factors such as knowledge, religiosity, products, reputation, and
facilities that can explain about Islamic banking.
service in Islamic banks have a positive influence on the
According to Karim, "basically, the products that Islamic decision to choose to save in a Islamic Bank, although not
banking offers can be divided into three major types as significant [13]. This is evidenced by the adjusted R square
follows": (1) financing products, (2) funding, (3) service value of 45.5%. With the highest proportion of product,
provision [4]. followed by religiosity, reputation, service, and knowledge.
Religion is an important cultural factor to study because it Pertiwi and Ritongga stated that viewed from the three
is one of the most universal and influential social institutions factors regarding the influence on the decision to save at Bank
that have significant influence on people’s attitudes, values and Muamalat in Kisaran, the factor of beliefs and according to
behaviors at both the individual and societal levels [5]. Islamic is more dominant as a stimulant factor for Kisaran
Religion is a set of beliefs that are taught since childhood, and people to save at Bank Muamalat with a frequency of 51%
people gradually commit to the religion as they have greater beliefs and according to Islamic 51% of the total available
understandings towards its teachings. frequency [14].
Islam is a religion that guides Muslims in every aspect of Megawati concluded that consumer’s knowledge about
life, not just in specific acts of worship. For instance, in the products is higher than the knowledge of purchasing [15].
Quran verse, Al Isra': 26-27, “Allah commands Muslims not to Whereas consumer purchasing knowledge is lower than
consume extravagantly, but to spend in a way of Allah”. Some product knowledge and useful knowledge. Consumer
other guidance that has been provided for Islam is how to trade, Knowledge has a positive and significant effect on the decision
how to interact with others and what can be consumed. to become a Customer of PT. Bank Tabungan Negara Syariah
(Persero) Makassar Branch.

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Febriasti concluded that service and profit sharing had a III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
positive and significant effect on students' decision to save in From the distributed questionnaire, 416 respondents were
Bank Syariah Mandiri Yogyakarta [16]. But the credibility of obtained. It shows that the respondents from DIV-Accounting
employees does not have a positive and significant effect on Management dominate that is equal to 284 respondents, while
the decision of students to save in Bank Syariah Mandiri the respondents from DIII-Accounting were 97 respondents
Yogyakarta. and the last the respondent from DIV-Finance were 35
Fitriyani stated that based on the description of theory, data respondents.
processing, and discussion, it can be concluded that there are Classical assumption testing of the regression model states
three main factors formed from eighteen factors analyzed in that the regression model has met the normality test,
this study [17]. These factors are personal and psychological multicollinearity, and heteroscedasticity and the data analysis
factors, which become the most dominant factor in influencing technique used in this study is multiple linear regression
the customer's decision to choose an Islamic bank with an analysis, which is used to determine the influence of the
eigenvalue of 36.254%. This factor consists of age, occupation, independent variable and the dependent variable. The use of
economic situation, lifestyle, personality and self-concept, multiple linear regression because this study uses more than
motivation, perception, learning process, beliefs and attitudes. one independent variable, namely Knowledge, Religion,
The second factor is cultural and social factors with eigenvalue Product, Reputation, and Service to determine its influence on
of 14.037%. This factor consists of culture, sub-culture, social the dependent variable, namely the Accounting Students’
class, reference group, family, role and status. The third factor Interest. The results of multiple linear regression analysis can
is marketing with an eigenvalue of 11.872%. This factor be seen in table 1 below:
consists of bank products, promotions, marketing carried out
by the bank, and clear calculation of profit sharing.
TABLE I. MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESULTS
II. METHODS Free variable B
X1 (Knowledge) -0.008
In this research the object is accounting students in State X2 (Religiosity) 0.568
Polytechnic of Malang located at Jl. Soekarno Hatta 9 Malang, X3 (Product) 0.34
Jawa Timur. X4 (Reputation) 0.256
X5 (Service) 0.427
The research is quantitative research. This research
Constant = -1.162
discusses whether there is an effect of knowledge (X1),
religiosity (X2), product (X3), reputation (X4) and service (X5)
towards college students’ interest (Y). Y = a+b1X1+b2X2+b3X3+b4X4+b5X5
The data used in this research was primary data. The Y = -1.162 – 0.008X1 + 0.568X2 + 0.34X3 + 0.256X4 +
method of data collection in this research was conducted by 0.427X5
distributing questionnaires. The questionnaire is an efficient
data collection technique if the researcher exactly knows the From the regression equation, it is known that:
variables to be measured and knows what can be expected from  The constant value of -1.162 means that the variables
the respondents. In addition, the questionnaire is also suitable X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are equal to 0 (zero), then Y is -
for use if the number of respondents is quite big and spread 1.162. A negative number means that if there are no X1,
over a wide area. X2, X3, X4 and X5 then there is no Y (Accounting
In this research, data were collected by distributing students’ Interest).
questionnaires online through Google form. Questionnaire  Regression coefficient X1 of -0.008 indicates that X1
adopted from research by Asnawi [18]. had a negative effect (direction) on Y, meaning that the
The sampling technique is done by simple random increase in X1 by 1 unit will cause Y to decrease by -
sampling. This study uses simple random sampling because the 0.008 and vice versa.
population is considered homogeneous and each member of the  Regression coefficient of X2 is 0.568 indicates that X2
population has the same opportunity to become a sample. The had a positive effect (direction) on Y, meaning that the
population in this research were 1.690 accounting students in increase in X2 by 1 unit will cause Y to increase by
State Polytechnic of Malang, but only partially taken for 0.568 and vice versa.
samples. In this research, the minimum sample that must be
taken is 315 samples. This is based on the Isaac and Michael  X3 regression coefficient of 0.34 indicates that X3 had a
Sample Number Determination Table. In this research, 416 positive effect (direction) on Y, meaning that the
respondents were obtained. The data analysis technique used is increase in X3 by 1 unit will cause Y to increase by
descriptive statistics using the Multiple Linear Regression 0.34 and vice versa.
analysis method with the help of SPSS (Statistical PA for
Social Sciences) 22.  X4 regression coefficient of 0.256 indicates that X4 had
a positive (direct) effect on Y, meaning that the increase
in X4 by 1 unit will cause Y to increase by 0.256 and
vice versa.

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 X5 regression coefficient of 0.427 indicates that X5 had variable Y. Thus it could be concluded that H 4 was
a positive (direct) effect on Y, meaning that the increase accepted.
in X5 by 1 unit will cause Y to increase by 0.427 and
vice versa.  The variable X5 showed a significance value of t of
0.000 < 0.05 and the t value is 5.179 > 1.97 meaning
The coefficient of determination essentially measures how that there was a significant effect of variable X5 on
far the model ability to explain the variation of the dependent variable Y. Thus it could be concluded that H5 was
variable. The coefficient of determination is between zero and accepted.
one. From the results of the above test, the coefficient of
The results of the partial test between the knowledge
determination (R Square) is 0.594. This means that 59.4% of
the Y variable is influenced by variables X1, X2, X3, X4 and variables and the variables of accounting students’ interest
indicate that there was a negative and no significant influence
X5, while the remaining 40.5% is influenced by other factors.
between the two variables. Based on the results of hypothesis
The F test is used to prove whether the variables X1, X2, test obtained, it showed that from 416 respondents only 74 or
X3, X4 and X5 jointly affect Y. The recapitulation of the 18% respondent were customers of Islamic Banks and only 115
results of the F test can be seen in the following table: or 28% respondent were interested to become a customer of
Islamic Banks. It could be said that accounting students at State
TABLE II. RESULT OF F TEST ANALYSIS
Polytechnic of Malang knew about Islamic Banks but it does
not influence them to become a customer of Islamic Bank
Free variable F Sig. F Information because there was another factor that influence them.
X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 119.931 0.000 Significant According to respondents, several factors that can influence
them are trend among young people, suggestion from their
From the table above, it could be seen that the calculated F parents, encouragement from campus to use Islamic Banks, and
value is 119.931 > 2.24 with a significance value of 0.000 < Islamic Banks’ promotion strategy.
0.05 meaning that the F value is more than F table and the
significance of F less than 0.05 indicates that the variables X1, The results of the partial test between the variables of
X2, X3, X4 and X5 jointly affect Y. religiosity on the variables of accounting students’ interest
indicated that there were positive and significant influences
The t test is used to test the regression coefficient partially. between the two variables. From the results of the hypothesis
The t test results are shown in the table: test, it could be concluded that if someone becomes more
religious, the customer will be more interested in saving at the
TABLE III. RESULT OF T TEST ANALYSIS Islamic Bank. This is following the theory conceived by Zakiah
Daradjat in Nurjannah that "religiosity is a complex system of
Free variable T Sig. T Information believes or attitudes that connect individuals’ environment to
X1 -0.156 0.876 Significant something religious. Religiosity is a necessary thing that must
X2 8.374 0.000 Significant
be owned by a human being as a consequence of living in the
X3 5.451 0.000 Significant
X4 2.808 0.005 Significant
world, its position as a complex guide, also including
X5 5.179 0.000 Significant facilitating human beings to carry out economic activities in
particular to facilitate saving money" [19].
From the results of the t test analysis in the table above can The results of the partial test between product variables and
be seen that: the variables of accounting students’ interest indicated that
there was a positive and significant influence between the two
 The variable X1 showed a significant value of t of 0.876
variables. Based on the results of hypothesis testing obtained
> 0.05 and the t value is -0.156 < 1.97 meaning that
by the direction of the regression coefficient marked positive,
there was no significant effect of variable X1 on
this means that increasing product values will improve the
variable Y. Thus it could be concluded that H1 was not
decision to become customers. This means that the higher the
accepted.
values of the products are owned by Islamic Banks, the greater
 The variable X2 showed a significance value of t of the decision of accounting students to become customers will
0.000 < 0.05 and the t value is 8.374 > 1.97 meaning be. According to the respondents, the products that exist in
that there was a significant effect of variable X2 on Islamic Banks are following the needs of accounting students,
variable Y. Thus it could be concluded that H2 was where their products are diverse, attractive and innovative, and
accepted. products at Islamic Banks provide convenience for customers.
 The variable X3 showed a significant value of t of 0.000 The results of the partial test between the reputation
< 0.05 and the t value is 5.451 > 1.97 meaning that there variables and the variables of accounting students’ interest
was a significant effect of the variable X3 on variable indicated that there was a positive and significant influence
Y. Thus it could be concluded that H3 was accepted. between the two variables. Based on the results of the
hypothesis test obtained, it could be concluded that the better
 The X4 variable showed a significance value of t of the reputation of the Islamic Bank is, the more networks that
0.005 < 0.05 and the t value is 2.808 > 1.97 meaning are owned by Islamic Banks will be, the accounting students’
that there was a significant effect of variable X4 on interest in saving at Islamic Banks will increase.

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The results of the partial test between service variables and researchers, it is necessary to expand the research in order to
accounting students’ interest variables indicated that there was obtain more complete information about the variables that
a positive and significant influence between the two variables. influence students' interest to become Islamic banks’ customer.
The direction of the regression coefficient is positive; it means Considering that this research only used five variables, namely
that increasing service values will improve the decision to knowledge, religiosity, products, reputation and service. The
become customers. This means that the higher the service addition of new variables or indicators needs to be done in
values possessed by Islamic Banks is, the greater the decision future research in order to produce a broader picture of the
to become customers will be. research problem being studied.
Simultaneous test results with the value of F get the
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